3. "We by this belt wipe away the tears from the eyes of your friends, whose relations have been killed in the war. We likewise wipe the paint from your soldier's faces;" [FN]—giving a second belt.
[FN] The Indians universally paint their faces on going to war, to make their appearance more terrific to the enemy. To wipe off the paint, was to make peace.
4. "We throw aside the axe which Yonondio put into our hands by this third belt."
5. "Let the sun, as long as he shall endure, always shine upon us in friendship;"—giving a red marble sun, as large as a plate.
6. "Let the rain of heaven wash away all hatred, that we may again smoke together in peace;"—giving a large pipe of red marble.
7. "Yonondio is drunk—we wash our hands clean from his actions;"—giving a fourth belt.
8. "Now we are clean washed by the water of heaven; neither of us must defile ourselves by hearkening to Yonondio."
9. "We have twelve of your nation prisoners; they shall be brought home in the spring;"—giving a belt to confirm the promise.
10. "We will bring your prisoners home when the strawberries shall be in blossom, at which time we intend to visit Corlear, [the Governor of New-York] and see the place where the wampum is made."